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Drive select – Buffalo Technology HD-QSTSU2/R5 User Manual

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If your hard drives are in

“Normal” (JBOD) mode, then

the Drive Select button lets

you choose which of the 4

separate drives will be seen as

the primary drive by your PC.
If you are using a USB

connection with JBOD mode,

then you will still be able to see

all four separate hard drives in

My Computer. If you are using

an eSATA interface to connect

Quattro only one single drive

will be active in this mode.

Use the Drive Select button

to chose which drive will be

active in this case.

Drive Select

If four separate drives are not desired, use RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID

5 instead of “Normal” (JBOD) mode. You may switch between RAID

modes with the RAID utility during installation. The utility may also be

installed or run from your DriveNavigator CD.
If you’ve changed the Quattro’s RAID mode to normal (JBOD) mode

with the RAID setting utility, disconnect the Quattro from the computer.

Hold the Select button for three seconds or until the Power LED is lit

orange and beeps. Click the Select button again to change which single

drive is activated. You can see which drive is selected by its Access

LED.
Here’s what the LED colors mean:

Green: Selected and activated.
Orange: Not selected but activated. If you are using a USB

connection the drive will still be visable in My Computer. With an

eSATA connection, only the selected drive will be usable.
Off: Not selected and invisible to your PC.

If you are in a RAID mode where the four drives appear as a single

drive, such as RAID 0, 1, or 5, then the Drive Select button is disabled.